A compilation of recent, high-quality business insights from our businesses that brings together some of the best ideas and stories on Vision and Ideas, Strategy Execution, Top Leadership Effectiveness, and Talent and Succession.
SSA & Company’s Senior Director, Advanced Analytics & Data Nick Kramer was quoted in The Muse on how the growth of data science affects data-centric positions within their departments. As data science becomes more pervasive, data scientists, data engineers, and data analysts’ responsibilities have been begun to overlap. “The buzz around data science has resulted […] Read More »
SSA & Company (SSA), a New York-based global management consulting firm, announced today the addition of Philippe Rose as Managing Director. Rose will grow and lead the firm’s European private equity and industrials practice. He brings over 25 years of experience in chemicals and management consulting and formerly ran Celerant’s Europe, Middle East and Asia […] Read More »
SSA & Company Vice President Raj Thangavelsamy was quoted in a TechTarget article on Cosabella’s digital marketing transformation. Raj notes that digital transformation should always be led by the C-Suite and not be driven by technology. Technologies, such as AI software, can change how businesses are structured. Raj asserts that companies need to first understand […] Read More »
SSA & Company Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director, John Rodgers, was quoted in a Financial Advisor Magazine article “Could Facial Recognition Technology Transform Insurance?” He notes that if the technology could increase the accuracy of predictive capabilities then insurance companies will use it. With insurance companies constantly trying to balance risk between consumers […] Read More »
How an Icon Stays Agile To the surprise of some, Ford has pulled ahead in the driverless car race, thanks to AI investments and acquisitions of ride-sharing and lidar startups, says Wired: “That may sound all kinds of wrong to anyone who has seen Uber, Waymo, and Tesla flaunt their tech, and regards Detroit’s old […] Read More »
Bloomberg View quoted Deb Henretta, Senior Advisor at G100 Companies, which is part of SSA & Company’s family of businesses. The article, Women Don’t Get to Run Top Board Committees, covered original research into women’s roles and responsibilities on corporate boards. The research uncovered that women hold the most positions amongst corporate responsibility/public policy, human […] Read More »
How to Learn from Startup Success With “strategic philanthropy,” says a report about Google’s new spin on the startup accelerator. Under the program, Google finds mature startup talent in emerging markets and helps them solve business challenges with six months of free funding and mentorships. This offers Google crucial product feedback from different markets while […] Read More »
SSA & Company’s Regenia Sanders, Vice President, and Alison Ponder, Senior Director, were quoted in a IndustryWeek’s Services Trade: Why it Matters to U.S. Manufacturing, on manufacturing and a new major growth opportunity–services trade. Alison commented on congestion at ports as volumes rise, leading to increased wait times and companies needing to “get more advanced in […] Read More »
Advanced Analytics, Leadership, and Future Growth With global GDP growth slowing, CEO tenure decreasing, and a talent shortage emerging, CEOs and management teams look to challenging—but exciting—opportunities provided by data and digital. The promise of new technologies and data tools to create faster, more comprehensive solutions has existed for decades, but today it has become […] Read More »
What You Don’t Know About CEO Tenure New data from Spencer Stuart reveals an encouraging and overlooked sign in the media coverage of CEO turnover. Tenure for S&P 500 CEOs continues to rise partly because of better board and management alignment around performance: “Contrary to common perception that the market has become less patient with […] Read More »
